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Allow Me to Introduce Myself

jrswabPosted for Everyone to comment on, 4 years ago2 min read

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It looks like I never actually made an introduction post so...

Hi, I'm Jaron.

My Background

I am a born-again follower of Jesus Christ, husband, and father. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where I gained an interest in computer technology and the Internet at a very young age.

My teen years consisted of Boy Scouts, where I achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. As well as concert band, choir, and a few parts in school musicals. Later, I attended college and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science. Never dropping my hobby of tinkering with technology both in hardware and software, as a real hacker would.

I spend most of my free time improving my knowledge in programming and general computer science. This passion started in the 3rd grade when I built my first website; now I continuously look for new skills to learn. Whether it is programming or setting up a commercial grade server in my home, there is always a motivation to know more.

I currently make short tech videos on Tiktok for 65k+ followers as of the time of writing. I have a tech podcast that is in desperate need of a new episode. As well, I run a tech theme page on Instagram and a self hosted blog. Creating is in my blood and I'm looking forward to creating with everyone here.

I'm a Witness Too!

My Initial Contribution to Whaleshares

I originally created a dockerized witness application for the Smoke blockchain and recently have been asked to port that code to Whaleshares. So I did and named it Tackle.

The goal of that original project started out to make running a witness easier so anyone can be a witness. It has since grew into much more.

Tackle is an attempt to make witnessing and running nodes as easy as possible for anyone on Whaleshares. Tackle takes care of the sever setup, installs all needed software, and walks the user through each step. It works and I'm proof because I use it to run my witness.

If you think this project will help others and is a good addition to the community please type my username in the box at the bottom of the witness voting page. :pray:

Looking forward to seeing some great posts!

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